Hey, so here’s Campbell Brown, talking about Ed Rendell’s comments yesterday. Regarding the next Homeland Security chief, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Rendell said, “Janet’s perfect for that job, because for that job you have to have no life. Janet has no family. Perfect. She can devote, literally, 19, 20 hours a day to it.” Turns out an open microphone picked up on that and CNN broadcast it to the world.
Earlier this year, of course, Ed Rendell said that Barack Obama would have trouble in Pennsylvania because “you’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate.” (He explained this by saying that if Lynn Swann were white, he would have won by 17 percentage points instead of 22.)
So what’s next for Fast Eddie? Calling John McCain older than dirt? Saying Ron Paul’s followers are bonkers? Maybe making fun of the way Arnold Schwarzenegger talks! Let’s see what he had to say yesterday:
Asked to explain the comments yesterday, Rendell said: “What I meant is that Janet is a person who works 24-7, just like I do. She has no life; neither do I.”
For example, he said he arrived home Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., flipped on the television, and watched a budget program on Pennsylvania Cable News until 1 a.m.
“No person who has a life would do that,” he said. “That’s why, among other qualities, I hope, I am well-suited to be governor. To be governor and do the job well, you can’t have a life.”
Ahh, I see, he has no life, just like that barefoot lady in the Homeland Security office kitchen. Does he also have no family? (Midge and Jesse Rendell could not be reached for comment.) The Inquirer also reminds us that Rendell has not let old people off the hook, either:
Two years later, while running for a second term as governor, Rendell told the editorial board of the Lancaster New Era that gambling brings “brightness and cheer” to some seniors who otherwise “lead very gray lives.”
“But if you put them on the bus, they’re excited,” he said. “They’re happy. They have fun. They see bright lights. They hear music. They pull that slot machine, and with each pull they think they have a chance to win.”
Man, this dude is a one-man comedy machine. Women, white racists, oldheads, his family, even the Philadelphia Eagles… who won’t he insult? I think this man needs to be appointed Secretary of One-Liners in the new Obama cabinet.
Here’s Ed Rendell, talking about Hillary Clinton dropping out of the race over the weekend. Meh. It’s not as good as Eagles analysis from the governor, I can tell you that.
Wow, all women? You think she could have at least won the nomination with that kind of support.
Oh, I see: The newest media narrative is Hillary Clinton supporters who hate Barack Obama; presumably, these are the bitter voters who shoot guns and love Jesus. Anyway, this syndicated column is all about how John McCain will now be president and it’s all the media’s and Obama’s fault for winning all those delegates.
Hillary Rodham Clinton tonight will concede that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.
Oh no wait we still have the general election. Well, at least we know that will end on the first Tuesday in November, right? I think that’s what happened the last time there was a presidential race with no incumbent.
A very nice reader sent in a photo taken last night after the election. As you can tell from the shot, Hillary Clinton and Michael Nutter got married last night.
PW’s Alli Katz was apparently not as tired of the election as I was and lugged a video camera all across the city yesterday, including the Famous 4th Street Deli. There, she interviewed Anne Dicker and Johnny Doc, who both lost to Larry Farnese in the First District Senate Race. What a sad video!
It’s been roughly an hour since the polls closed, and… we dunno. Hillary Clinton is ahead on early returns, with about 3 percent of the vote, and notorious funnyman Bill Bennett is now saying on CNN that Barack Obama can’t win, so that means Hillary Clinton has won the nomination.
Or maybe not! It was 55-45, Clinton, a minute ago and now it’s 53-47. Meanwhile, the Flyers were up 2-1 on a cheap goal but then fell asleep and let the Capitals tie the game. The Phillies, who aren’t on TV apparently (update: Oh, they’re on 57. Stupid Comcast.), are scoreless. Since the Phillies and Flyers will each be winners or losers tonight — unlike the pointlessness of the Pennsylvania primary, it seems — I think I’ll be paying attention to those the rest of the night.
Filmmaker M. Knight Shyamalan was at the polling place at the Gladwyn fire company in Lower Merion township to cast his vote: “I had a tough time deciding. I did. You know, I hung out with them, I’ve listened to them and it was a tough one. It’s great; we had some amazing choices this year”
No he didn’t offer who got his vote, Clinton or Obama. But in this case, there’s an “Unbreakable” bond between voter and candidate.
Okay, I’m making the “Signs” for a foul call here. You don’t need a “Sixth Sense” to know that’s even worse than any joke I’d make. Actually, I would guess Shyamalan would be a Hillary Clinton fan, since he probably read her book, It Takes A “Village.” That joke was almost as bad as that awful movie “Lady in the Water.”
Ward 5, Division 13. Irrate pro-Hillary business owner (of Bolivian extraction) of store adjacent to polling place kicked Obama signs, paid people on the street to tear signs down, confronted and physically intimidated Obama campaign volunteers and pursued workers to their local office down the block where he continued his intimidating behavior until escorted out/asked to leave.
We salute you, irate pro-Hillary Bolivian, for making this election day worthwhile.
